Brighton Museum & Art Gallery is a municipally-owned public museum and art gallery in the city of Brighton and Hove in the South East of England. It is part of Brighton & Hove Museums. It costs £9 for a yearly pass,[1] discounted to £6.75 for Brighton and Hove residents and students at local universities.
The building which houses the collection is part of the Royal Pavilion Estate and was originally built for the Prince of Wales, later George IV and completed in 1805. It was initially intended as a tennis court but had never been finished, and later served as cavalry barracks.[2]
After the death of George IV in 1830, his successor King William IV also stayed in the Pavilion on his visits to Brighton. However, after Queen Victoria's last visit to Brighton in 1845, the Government planned to sell the building and grounds. The Brighton Commissioners and the Brighton Vestry successfully petitioned the government to sell the Pavilion to the town for £53,000 in 1850 under the Brighton Improvement (Purchase of the Royal Pavilion and Grounds) Act 1850.[3]
In September 1851 it was announced that part of the Pavilion was to be appropriated for annual art exhibitions and two months later the first of these was held. The local talent to which it was confined included Frederick Nash and Copley Fielding. The room devoted to the exhibition was the original South Gallery, now the First Conference Room, but later the exhibitions even spread to the Great Kitchen.[2]
The stable building of the Pavilion estate, adjacent to the current museum premises, was used as a museum as early as 1856.[2] It is now the site of the Brighton Dome – a performing arts venue.
The museum and art gallery occupied its current situation in the building in 1902. A major refurbishment of the museum and art gallery costing £10 million occurred in 2002.[4] As a result, the traditional entrance to the museum and art gallery became the entrance of the Dome, the latter taking the museum's former entrance.
The museum is part of Brighton & Hove Museums, comprising[5]
The Decorative Art collection includes British, European and American applied art and design from 17th Century to present day including ceramics, glass, metalwork, furniture and jewellery.[6] It also includes the contemporary craft collection and the Arts Council (South East) craft collection based at Hove Museum & Art Gallery.[7]
The Natural Sciences collection includes the Edward Booth collection of British Birds, zoological and geological collections.[8] The collection also holds half a million insects (including butterflies) and a library of 14,000 natural history texts.[9]
The World Art collection contains 15,000 objects and reference materials from Africa, Asia, the Pacific and Americas.[10] One of its notable collectors was James Henry Green who collected material from Burma in the 1920s and 30s.[11]
The Fine Art Collection comprises sculpture, paintings, mixed media, prints and drawings from 15th – 20th century. There are notable pieces from European Old Masters, specifically the Italian, German, French and Netherlandish schools.[8] The Fine Art collection also contains the Heyer Bequest of 20th Century American paintings by artists, including Frank Stella and Larry Poons.[12] It also includes items donated by Edward James, the collector of surrealist art.[13]
The Costume and Textile collection contains British, European and North American textiles, costume and accessories from the 18th century to present day.[10]
The Toy collection contains toys, dolls and games from 18th century to present day. Its founding collection was the National Toy Museum & Institute of Play, containing over 20,000 items.[14]
The Film and Media collection contain equipment relating to the development of the early film industry in England 1896–1930. It includes magic lantern projectors and slides, early filmmaking equipment and ephemera.[15]
The Local and Social History collection includes objects, ephemera, oral history and photographs from 18th century to the present day, representing the social history of Brighton & Hove.
The Archaeology collection includes material from sites in Brighton & Hove and international sites, including a large collection from Egypt.
The Oral History collection contains audio recordings of personal memories and experiences of Brighton and Hove and histories relating to the world art, costume craft and film and media collections.
The Preston Manor collection contains items bequeathed with the manor house in 1932 including furniture, silver, ceramics, pictures and rare books.
The Royal Pavilion collections include original furniture and fittings, items relating to George IV and archives relating to the building.[10]
The Decorative Art, Natural Sciences and World Art collections are Designated collections which means they have been identified by the Museums, Libraries & Archives Council as collections of national and international importance (in a non-national museum service)[16]
Notable exhibitsedit
A pair of breeches worn by George IV. The breeches are part of the royal wear section in the Costume & Textiles collection. They were made in 1827 and are hand stitched in green wool fabric. Breeches were worn in the 18th and early 19th century, but by 1810 trousers were becoming more popular. George IV preferred to wear breeches and banned trousers from court until 1815.[17]
A Kinemacolor camera made by Moy & Bastie around 1910. Kinemacolor was developed by George Albert Smith (one of the early pioneers in British film-making in Brighton & Hove) and was the first commercially viable colour film technique. The camera is part of the film and media collection.[18]
A hand-enamelled wall plaque made in 1934–1939 depicting life in Imperial India. It was designed by Clarice Cliff using a scene taken from the British Empire Panels designed by Frank Brangwyn. Cliff adapted designs from three of Brangwyn's panels which were produced by Royal Staffordshire Pottery.[19]
A toy toolbox containing miniature tools including a mallet, corkscrew and a screwdriver in the toy collection based at Hove Museum & Art Gallery. The handwritten ink on the toolbox lid reads ‘1846 Toolbox ELD from CLD’. It was made by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known as author, photographer and mathematician Lewis Carroll.[20]
A portrait painted in coloured beeswax found fixed over the face of a mummified body in the Roman cemetery at Hawara in Egypt from the 2nd Century. His white robes are a deliberate display of status, distinguishing him as a member of the elite class of Romans who had settled in Egypt.[21]
Vietnamese water puppets from the mid-20th Century, hand painted and carved out of wood. Today, schools in Vietnam teach this art, once a guarded secret and passed down only from father to son. Water provides the magic and hides the mechanism of the puppet. Teu is the master of ceremonies and he introduces many different characters who perform their own story in turn.[17]
Edward Thomas Booth's hunting outfit, including leather wading boots, hat and gun. Booth's large collection of British Birds was developed into a museum in 1874. At this point it was known as Booth Museum of British Birds and was not open to the public, which occurred gradually with charitable fundraising events. By then he had formulated his ambition to exhibit one example of every species British bird and set about the task building up his collection and travelled around the country to collect his specimens.[22]
A drinking beaker from the local history collection made from horn, dating from the early 19th century. Around this time Brighton had one inn for every thirty houses. The beaker has the faint inscription: ‘Greyhound Inn Brighton, 1821'. The Greyhound Inn was situated at the corner of Pool Valley in Brighton.[23]
The Hove amber cup, which is considered to be one of Britain's most important Bronze Age finds. It was discovered in 1856 when a burial mound was excavated to make way for the building of Palmeira Avenue, Hove. Inside the mound was an oak coffin which contained bone fragments, a dagger, a whetstone and an axe head as well as the Amber Cup, made from a single piece of amber.[24]
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Royal Pavilion, Art Gallery and Museums: Illustrated guide and introduction to the collections in the Art Gallery and Museum Brighton Published for the Amenities Committee of the Borough of Brighton, 1975
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Brighton Museum amp Art Gallery is a municipally owned public museum and art gallery in the city of Brighton and Hove in the South East of England It is part of Brighton amp Hove Museums It costs 9 for a yearly pass 1 discounted to 6 75 for Brighton and Hove residents and students at local universities Brighton Museum amp Art GalleryBrighton Museum amp Art Gallery building Location within BrightonEstablished1805LocationBrighton East Sussex EnglandCoordinates50 49 19 N 0 08 17 W 50 822 N 0 138 W 50 822 0 138WebsiteWebsiteAlice in Wonderland by George Dunlop Leslie c 1879Signage in the main gallery Contents 1 History 2 Collections 2 1 Overview 2 2 Notable exhibits 3 References 4 External linksHistory editThe building which houses the collection is part of the Royal Pavilion Estate and was originally built for the Prince of Wales later George IV and completed in 1805 It was initially intended as a tennis court but had never been finished and later served as cavalry barracks 2 After the death of George IV in 1830 his successor King William IV also stayed in the Pavilion on his visits to Brighton However after Queen Victoria s last visit to Brighton in 1845 the Government planned to sell the building and grounds The Brighton Commissioners and the Brighton Vestry successfully petitioned the government to sell the Pavilion to the town for 53 000 in 1850 under the Brighton Improvement Purchase of the Royal Pavilion and Grounds Act 1850 3 In September 1851 it was announced that part of the Pavilion was to be appropriated for annual art exhibitions and two months later the first of these was held The local talent to which it was confined included Frederick Nash and Copley Fielding The room devoted to the exhibition was the original South Gallery now the First Conference Room but later the exhibitions even spread to the Great Kitchen 2 The stable building of the Pavilion estate adjacent to the current museum premises was used as a museum as early as 1856 2 It is now the site of the Brighton Dome a performing arts venue The museum and art gallery occupied its current situation in the building in 1902 A major refurbishment of the museum and art gallery costing 10 million occurred in 2002 4 As a result the traditional entrance to the museum and art gallery became the entrance of the Dome the latter taking the museum s former entrance The museum is part of Brighton amp Hove Museums comprising 5 Royal Pavilion Brighton Museum and Art Gallery Booth Museum Hove Museum of Creativity Preston ManorCollections editOverview edit The Decorative Art collection includes British European and American applied art and design from 17th Century to present day including ceramics glass metalwork furniture and jewellery 6 It also includes the contemporary craft collection and the Arts Council South East craft collection based at Hove Museum amp Art Gallery 7 The Natural Sciences collection includes the Edward Booth collection of British Birds zoological and geological collections 8 The collection also holds half a million insects including butterflies and a library of 14 000 natural history texts 9 The World Art collection contains 15 000 objects and reference materials from Africa Asia the Pacific and Americas 10 One of its notable collectors was James Henry Green who collected material from Burma in the 1920s and 30s 11 The Fine Art Collection comprises sculpture paintings mixed media prints and drawings from 15th 20th century There are notable pieces from European Old Masters specifically the Italian German French and Netherlandish schools 8 The Fine Art collection also contains the Heyer Bequest of 20th Century American paintings by artists including Frank Stella and Larry Poons 12 It also includes items donated by Edward James the collector of surrealist art 13 The Costume and Textile collection contains British European and North American textiles costume and accessories from the 18th century to present day 10 The Toy collection contains toys dolls and games from 18th century to present day Its founding collection was the National Toy Museum amp Institute of Play containing over 20 000 items 14 The Film and Media collection contain equipment relating to the development of the early film industry in England 1896 1930 It includes magic lantern projectors and slides early filmmaking equipment and ephemera 15 The Local and Social History collection includes objects ephemera oral history and photographs from 18th century to the present day representing the social history of Brighton amp Hove The Archaeology collection includes material from sites in Brighton amp Hove and international sites including a large collection from Egypt The Oral History collection contains audio recordings of personal memories and experiences of Brighton and Hove and histories relating to the world art costume craft and film and media collections The Preston Manor collection contains items bequeathed with the manor house in 1932 including furniture silver ceramics pictures and rare books The Royal Pavilion collections include original furniture and fittings items relating to George IV and archives relating to the building 10 The Decorative Art Natural Sciences and World Art collections are Designated collections which means they have been identified by the Museums Libraries amp Archives Council as collections of national and international importance in a non national museum service 16 Notable exhibits edit A pair of breeches worn by George IV The breeches are part of the royal wear section in the Costume amp Textiles collection They were made in 1827 and are hand stitched in green wool fabric Breeches were worn in the 18th and early 19th century but by 1810 trousers were becoming more popular George IV preferred to wear breeches and banned trousers from court until 1815 17 A Kinemacolor camera made by Moy amp Bastie around 1910 Kinemacolor was developed by George Albert Smith one of the early pioneers in British film making in Brighton amp Hove and was the first commercially viable colour film technique The camera is part of the film and media collection 18 A hand enamelled wall plaque made in 1934 1939 depicting life in Imperial India It was designed by Clarice Cliff using a scene taken from the British Empire Panels designed by Frank Brangwyn Cliff adapted designs from three of Brangwyn s panels which were produced by Royal Staffordshire Pottery 19 A toy toolbox containing miniature tools including a mallet corkscrew and a screwdriver in the toy collection based at Hove Museum amp Art Gallery The handwritten ink on the toolbox lid reads 1846 Toolbox ELD from CLD It was made by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson better known as author photographer and mathematician Lewis Carroll 20 A portrait painted in coloured beeswax found fixed over the face of a mummified body in the Roman cemetery at Hawara in Egypt from the 2nd Century His white robes are a deliberate display of status distinguishing him as a member of the elite class of Romans who had settled in Egypt 21 Vietnamese water puppets from the mid 20th Century hand painted and carved out of wood Today schools in Vietnam teach this art once a guarded secret and passed down only from father to son Water provides the magic and hides the mechanism of the puppet Teu is the master of ceremonies and he introduces many different characters who perform their own story in turn 17 Edward Thomas Booth s hunting outfit including leather wading boots hat and gun Booth s large collection of British Birds was developed into a museum in 1874 At this point it was known as Booth Museum of British Birds and was not open to the public which occurred gradually with charitable fundraising events By then he had formulated his ambition to exhibit one example of every species British bird and set about the task building up his collection and travelled around the country to collect his specimens 22 A drinking beaker from the local history collection made from horn dating from the early 19th century Around this time Brighton had one inn for every thirty houses The beaker has the faint inscription Greyhound Inn Brighton 1821 The Greyhound Inn was situated at the corner of Pool Valley in Brighton 23 The Hove amber cup which is considered to be one of Britain s most important Bronze Age finds It was discovered in 1856 when a burial mound was excavated to make way for the building of Palmeira Avenue Hove Inside the mound was an oak coffin which contained bone fragments a dagger a whetstone and an axe head as well as the Amber Cup made from a single piece of amber 24 References edit Admission charges a b c Catalogue of Paintings in Oil Before 1837 Brighton Museum and Art Gallery 1964 Dale Antony 1977 Brighton Town and Brighton People Chichester Phillimore p 221 ISBN 0 85033 219 2 Virtualmuseum info www brighton virtualmuseum info Brighton museums 2018 Museums Virtualmuseum info 24 June 2011 Archived from the original on 12 March 2010 Retrieved 2011 08 06 Museums Virtualmuseum info 24 June 2011 Archived from the original on 18 February 2013 Retrieved 6 August 2011 a b Natural Sciences brightonmuseums org uk Archived from the original on 25 June 2022 Retrieved 15 October 2021 Museums Virtualmuseum info 24 June 2011 Archived from the original on 14 April 2009 Retrieved 2011 08 06 a b c Museums Virtualmuseum info 24 June 2011 Retrieved 6 August 2011 permanent dead link Museums Virtualmuseum info 24 June 2011 Archived from the original on 28 June 2008 Retrieved 2011 08 06 Fine Art Archived from the original on 2 July 2022 Retrieved 15 October 2021 Rose Collis The New Encyclopaedia of Brighton Brighton Brighton amp Hove Libraries 2010 p 207 Museums Virtualmuseum info 24 June 2011 Archived from the original on 20 April 2009 Retrieved 2011 08 06 Museums Virtualmuseum info 24 June 2011 Archived from the original on 3 July 2010 Retrieved 2011 08 06 1 dead link a b Brighton Museum amp Art Gallery label Film and Media brightonmuseums org uk Archived from the original on 19 May 2022 Retrieved 15 October 2021 Museums Virtualmuseum info 24 June 2011 Retrieved 6 August 2011 permanent dead link Museums Virtualmuseum info 24 June 2011 Retrieved 6 August 2011 permanent dead link Museums Virtualmuseum info 24 June 2011 Retrieved 6 August 2011 permanent dead link Museums Virtualmuseum info 24 June 2011 Archived from the original on 18 February 2013 Retrieved 6 August 2011 Museums Virtualmuseum info 24 June 2011 Archived from the original on 11 October 2008 Retrieved 2011 08 06 Museums Virtualmuseum info 24 June 2011 Retrieved 6 August 2011 permanent dead link Royal Pavilion Art Gallery and Museums Illustrated guide and introduction to the collections in the Art Gallery and Museum Brighton Published for the Amenities Committee of the Borough of Brighton 1975External links edit nbsp Media related to Brighton Museum amp Art Gallery at Wikimedia Commons nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Brighton Museum amp Art Gallery Official website Royal Pavilion amp Museums Brighton amp Hove Retrieved 10 January 2018 The Royal Pavilion and Museums Foundation Archived from the original on 13 February 2015 Retrieved 13 February 2015 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Brighton Museum 26 Art Gallery amp oldid 1198866066, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
